In the fast-paced world of IT and managed services, efficiency and automation are key. A particularly useful tool that every IT professional or MSP should have in their toolkit is a PowerShell script capable of downloading files directly from a URL. In this blog post, we delve deeper into the workings of such a script, discuss real-world usage scenarios, and expound on the benefits of using PowerShell to download files from URLs.

As IT professionals and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), the task of managing and optimizing system services is an integral part of our roles. PowerShell, a robust scripting language, provides an efficient way to perform these tasks. It enables task automation, simplifies complex operations with just a few lines of code, and facilitates services management on multiple machines simultaneously.

In today's era of data security, the proper disposal of data on hard drives is crucial. For IT professionals and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), having reliable tools for these tasks is essential. In this blog post, we're diving into the details of a versatile PowerShell script designed for secure and efficient disk wiping. We'll also provide essential tips to ensure its successful execution and data removal.

The launch of N-ableMe represents a significant milestone on our journey to ensure our Partners’ interactions with N-able are easy and efficient. We heard your call for simplicity, recognizing that navigating our expanse of resource locations was difficult and time-consuming, and we’ve been hard at work for the past 6 months to make it better.

In today's dynamic IT environment, automation, and scripting are essential tools for IT professionals and Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Whether it's for deploying applications, managing infrastructure, or troubleshooting, scripts can save countless hours of manual labor, increase efficiency, and reduce human error. One common task that professionals often need to automate is file downloading from a URL using a shell script, specifically a bash script.

As IT professionals and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), understanding and controlling system features is a part of the job. Fast Startup (also known as Hiberboot or Fast Boot) in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, while generally beneficial, may sometimes require to be turned off. In this post, we delve into what Fast Startup is, its implications, how to disable it manually or via PowerShell, and the differences between Fast Startup and Hibernation.

Keeping employees engaged is a struggle all businesses have to deal with. Managed service providers have a large percentage of technical employees with unique motivators. To engage and retain technical employees, you should keep the following considerations in mind.

At a recent event, I found myself talking to a lot of MSPs about patching and upgrading to Windows 11. So, I thought it would be a good idea to look at this subject in more depth in a blog. We tend to see our MSP partners and their SMB/SME customers fall into two distinct and opposing camps on this: Over the past six months, Microsoft has been making a huge push towards shifting everyone to Windows 11—even by force if necessary.

Numerous organizations rely on Windows Server as the backbone of their IT infrastructure. Many also use PKI to address diverse security requirements, including web server security (SSL), certificate-based authentication, digital document signatures, and email encryption (S/MIME). Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) is a Windows Server role that connects these two elements together. In this article, we'll dig into what AD CS is, best practices for using it, and details on configuring it.

Most development projects involve a wide range of environments. There is production, development, QA, staging, and then every developer's local environments. Keeping these environments in sync so your project runs the same (or runs at all) in each environment can be quite a challenge. There are many reasons for incompatibility, but using Docker will help you remove most of them.